It's time

That was a long cup of coffee. Somehow it just doesn't taste the same anymore.

Of course, nothing does these days. I'm retired. At least from my old career. This last layoff, brought about by a maniacal miscreant, buried my livelyhood, as well as my retirement prospects, my family's security...and, of course, our means of living. But am I bitter? Damn right I am.

Still I have to look forward. To something else. I know it's not writing. After all these years, it has let me down...again. I almost dissolved this blog. I thought I had nothing left to say.

Maybe I'll be someone's secretary. Secretaries are never among those who are laid off...at least in my experience. Just like managment. They live on. They actually retire with pensions! Only the talent is pushed off the cliff. The middle class. We always get it in the end.

So I'll forget I had a contented career. I have to begin again...for the 4th time. Only this time with a brand new resume sent to a different group of people, looking for a different kind of job, certainly with significantly less compensation, but hopefully in the same state (for a change), and maybe with a different kind of ending. One that's not in sight.

After 25 years of doing the same thing, I think it's time.